Question

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

Answer 1

B) The Cyclops insists that they “care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus” (Homer 186).

Answer 2

Answer: B) The Cyclops insists that they “care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus” (Homer 186).

Explanation: according to MLA style, when writing an in-text citation, we need to put the citation (between quotation marks), and after that, we must write the last name of the author of the source we used, followed by the number of the page from which we obtain the quoted information, both things should be between parentheses. From the given options, the one that has the correct format is option B: The Cyclops insists that they “care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus” (Homer 186).